Recruiting Scorecards By Conference

Here’s a recruiting scorecard for each conference. These scorecards give a quick breakdown of how each team did in the conference for the 2009 recruiting class. The teams are in order from the highest number of signed recruits to the fewest signed recruits.

ACC  

School	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. UNC	29	4	3	12	12	1	4
2. NC State	28	0	3	9	15	1	3
3. Duke	27	0	0	10	13	0	4
4. Maryland	26	1	2	10	14	1	1
5. Virginia	25	1	0	13	10	0	2
6. Virginia Tech	21	2	1	6	10	1	4
7. Georgia Tech	21	0	0	9	11	0	1
8. Wake Forest	21	0	0	7	10	1	3
9. Florida State	19	5	0	9	8	1	1
10. Miami	19	6	2	9	8	0	2
11. Boston College	17	0	0	8	8	1	0
12. Clemson	12	4	1	7	5	0	0

 

Big 12

School	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Kansas State	30	0	5	12	13	1	4
2. Baylor	29	1	5	17	9	0	3
3. Texas A&M	28	1	1	8	15	1	4
4. Texas Tech	25	0	1	11	12	0	2
5. Missouri	25	1	3	11	13	0	1
6. Kansas	24	0	3	9	13	0	2
7. Oklahoma	23	6	3	9	14	0	0
8. Oklahoma State	23	1	4	8	13	0	2
9. Iowa State	23	0	5	9	10	0	4
10. Nebraska	21	0	2	9	9	0	3
11.Texas	20	9	0	9	11	0	0
12. Colorado	19	0	1	10	8	1	0

 

Big East

School	Signed	ESPN150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. South Florida	29	1	7	10	15	0	4
2. Cincinnati	26	0	3	10	11	1	4
3. West Virginia	25	1	2	13	11	0	1
4. Rutgers	23	2	0	8	11	0	4
5. Louisville	23	0	6	9	13	0	1
6. Connecticut	21	0	3	9	9	1	2
7. Pittsburgh	20	0	1	12	6	0	2
8. Syracuse	14	0	2	6	8	0	0

 

Big Ten

School	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Penn State	27	2	0	11	11	1	4
2. Ohio State	26	7	0	14	10	0	0
3. Michigan State	23	2	0	12	10	1	2
4. Michigan	22	7	0	9	7	1	5
5. Wisconsin	21	1	0	11	8	0	2
6. Minnesota	20	1	2	11	6	1	2
7. Illinois	20	1	1	10	8	0	2
8. Purdue	20	0	0	7	10	0	3
9. Iowa	19	1	1	15	4	0	0
10. Northwestern	18	0	0	8	9	1	0
11. Indiana	18	0	0	10	5	1	2

 

PAC 10

School	Signed	ESPN150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Arizona	25	0	6	14	10	0	1
2. UCLA	24	4	2	12	10	0	2
3. Oregon	24	1	4	8	13	2	1
4. Oregon State	24	0	1	12	7	0	5
5. Stanford	22	2	0	14	8	0	0
6. Washington State	22	0	1	7	13	0	2
7. Arizona State	21	2	2	10	7	0	4
8. USC	18	9	2	8	9	1	3
9. California	18	1	4	5	9	1	0
10. Washington	18	0	6	3	11	1	3

 

SEC

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Mississippi	38	3	4	16	17	2	3
2. Arkansas	31	1	6	15	13	0	3
3. Alabama	29	9	2	14	15	0	0
4. South Carolina	29	6	7	12	15	0	2
5. Auburn	28	0	5	12	11	0	5
6. Kentucky	28	1	4	13	14	0	1
7. Mississippi State	27	2	6	12	8	2	5
8. LSU	25	10	2	6	13	1	3
9. Tennessee	20	4	2	8	12	0	2
10. Georgia	18	8	0	6	8	0	2
11. Vanderbilt	17	0	0	11	6	0	0
12. Florida	16	8	2	9	6	0	1

 

Conference USA

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Southern Methodist	28	0	3	12	13	1	2
2. Tulane	26	0	1	12	12	1	1
3. Tulsa	25	0	3	12	11	0	2
4. Houston	25	0	5	11	11	0	3
5. Marshall	24	0	4	11	11	0	2
6. Memphis	24	0	10	15	8	1	0
7. Rice	24	0	0	10	11	1	2
8. UAB	23	0	9	9	14	0	0
9. UCF	23	0	2	8	13	0	2
10. Southern Miss.	22	0	5	13	8	0	1
11. UTEP	21	0	5	10	9	0	2
12. East Carolina	19	0	2	8	10	0	1

 

MAC

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Central Michigan	30	0	0	14	14	0	2
2. Temple	28	0	8	11	15	1	1
3. Miami (OH)	25	0	0	11	14	0	0
4. Western Michigan	24	0	4	16	8	0	0
5. Akron	24	0	4	12	10	1	1
6. Northern Illinois	24	0	4	8	13	2	1
7. Buffalo	23	0	2	12	11	0	0
8. Ball State	22	0	0	12	8	0	2
9. Bowling Green	22	0	0	10	10	0	2
10. Ohio	22	0	3	14	7	0	1
11. Eastern Michigan	22	0	5	7	14	0	1
12. Kent State	22	0	7	9	11	1	1
13. Toledo	21	0	2	8	11	1	1

 

Mountain West

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Wyoming	24	0	1	11	13	0	0
2. Utah	23	0	7	11	12	0	0
3. Colorado State	23	0	3	11	11	1	0
4. UNLV	22	0	5	10	11	0	1
5. Brigham Young	21	0	3	14	6	0	1
6. TCU	20	0	1	8	10	0	2
7. San Diego State	20	0	0	11	7	0	2
8. New Mexico	19	0	1	11	5	1	2

 

Sun Belt

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Troy	39	0	14	19	19	0	1
2. Louisiana-Monroe	27	0	3	15	10	0	2
3. Florida Atlantic	26	0	0	11	13	1	1
4. Florida Intl.	23	0	3	10	11	1	1
5. Middle Tennessee St.	23	0	0	7	12	0	4
6. Arkansas St.	21	0	2	10	9	0	2
7. North Texas	21	0	7	9	11	1	0
8. Louisiana-Lafayette	18	0	4	9	7	0	2

 

WAC

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Hawaii	29	0	9	13	14	0	2
2. Louisiana Tech	26	0	3	14	11	1	0
3. New Mexico State	22	0	12	11	9	0	2
4. Boise State	21	0	1	10	10	0	1
5. Idaho	20	0	3	10	9	0	1
6. Utah State	20	0	8	10	10	0	0
7. Fresno State	17	0	1	3	13	0	1
8. Nevada	17	0	5	9	7	1	0
9. San Jose State	17	0	3	9	7	1	0

 

Independents

 

Schools	Signed	ESPNU150	JC	Off	Def	ST	ATH
1. Western Kentucky	26	0	1	11	11	1	3
2. Notre Dame	18	7	0	7	5	2	4

Weekly Blabber 2/2/2009

Welcome to the first Weekly Blabber of February. As I have mentioned before, Weekly Blabber is an opinion post for each week. Weekly Blabber will usually be about the latest or hottest topic circling college football.

The Weekly Blabber for February 2, 2009, will be on the Mountain West Conference's recent push to get a BCS automatic bid. For those that are unfamiliar, the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) is made up of the six major football conferences: the ACC, the Big East, the Big Ten, the Big Twelve, the PAC Ten, and the SEC. Each conference has an automatic tie-in for each BCS Bowl: Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. For example, usually the ACC Champion will play the Big East Champion in the Orange Bowl, the PAC Ten Champion usually plays the Big Ten Champion in the Rose Bowl, and so on. With the BCS Bowls comes a hefty paycheck for the participating conferences.

This is the reason the Mountain West is lobbying for an automatic BCS Bowl tie-in... the big money. The Mountain West is a "mid-major" conference, which means it is considered to be a notch below the BCS conferences as far as national contention goes. The Mountain West Conference consists of Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Mountain West Conference brought up the argument of an automatic BCS Bowl tie-in mainly because of the strength of its team's recent BCS Bowl record and final poll records. In the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, Utah defeated Pitt, and then defeated Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. Both seasons the Utes were unbeaten at 13-0, finishing fourth in 2005 and second in 2009 for the final poll. The Mountain West Conference teams finished the 2008 season ranked second (Utah), seventh (TCU), and 25th (BYU).

So, the question is..... Does the Mountain West Conference deserve an automatic BCS Bowl tie-in? My answer to that is...... not yet. The reason for my answer is that although the Mountain West teams have performed very well as of late, the conference is not strong enough from top to bottom. Utah, BYU, and TCU had great seasons in 2008, but UNLV, San Diego State, Wyoming, and New Mexico only had 15 wins combined. Another reason the conference will get friction for bowl tie-in consideration is the legal matters involved. There is a swarm of contracts that spans eleven conferences, two TV networks, and four bowls.

I think the best recipe for the Mountain West Conference is to keep doing what they are doing. The conference must do three things: continue getting impressive bowls wins, continue having three or more teams in final poll results, and improve the programs of Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, and Wyoming. The Mountain West is surely taking the correct strides towards becoming a BCS conference. But I believe it will be a few years down the road before they see the fruits of their labors.